when it looked like it would trade up to a better environment, at the last minute putin offered a bribe. >> stephen: how much. >> $15 billion. >> stephen: that's a lot of cash. >> that's a lot of cash. and the president without himself was tied to the old elite and eastern part of the country, decided to back off the change and go-- . >> stephen: do you know how many pirate themed restaurants you can buy with $15 billion. >> the problem was the western parts of the country and the younger parts of the country and more modern liberal parts of the country basically knew that they had no future being russia's vassell so they took to the streets. >> stephen: is america taking sides in this in any way? if these people, the rebels winning now, right. >> yes. >> stephen: why isn't obama spiking the ball and calling putin and saying you might have won the medal count but we won the country count, boitch. >> that is a good question. and the answer is we don't want rush-to-to intervene and kick over the table like the game of risk and take ukraine back. >> stephen: cosend in troops. >> co. >> ste